City taps code-services director

LOWELL -- The city has named Assistant City Solicitor Eric Slagle the new director of Development Services.

Slagle has served as an assistant city solicitor in Lowell since 2005 and has at different times temporarily overseen the former Inspectional Services department and the City Clerk's Office.

Slagle has also served on Melrose's Zoning Board of Appeals.

"I am thrilled that someone with Eric's skills and expertise emerged as a candidate for this important position," City Manager Bernie Lynch said in a statement released late Monday afternoon.

"With his strong relationships throughout the department, he will be in an excellent position to build on the successes of the first two years of the Development Services Office to continue to strengthen the delivery of permitting, code enforcement and project-review services for the city."

Slagle replaces Kendra Amaral, who resigned from her city post earlier this fall to become the assistant town manager in Wilmington.

The city did not say what Slagle's new salary will be.

Slagle's budgeted salary as an assistant city solicitor was $79,620. Amaral was slated to make $88,870 this fiscal year.

Slagle could not be reached for comment late Monday afternoon. He will move to his new role in Development Services "in the coming weeks," according to the city.

Development Services enforces the building and sanitary codes.

Lynch said Slagle will be charged with working with Assistant City Manager Adam Baacke and Building Commissioner Robert Marsilia to carry out Development Service's mission.

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One of Slagle's initial assignments will be helping his department implement the amended rental-property inspection ordinance, which requires rental properties to be inspected every three years.

Slagle is also being charged with exploring personnel deployment changes to improve the city's code-enforcement operations, according to Lynch.

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